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English 168d operates on a different wavelength from other Harvard courses. Professor of the Practice of Literary Criticism James Wood—Harvard-speak for "I don't have a Ph.D."—James Wood does not assign texts. To assign, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is to "allocate a task or duty." James Wood does nothing of the sort. He simply suggests reading, then—five minutes into every class—asks whether students have found the time to complete it. When students sheepishly admit that they just couldn't fit those hundred pages into...
...much of a downside to the MX Revolution. It has a rechargeable battery, which some people don't like. I don't mind, especially since it's a long-lasting lithium-ion battery, and the mouse has a four-level battery meter on its side. You can assign buttons to do different things in different applications; generally, this is very easy, although in rare cases, if you don't pay attention, it may not work properly. The mouse is Mac compatible, but you must be sure to have the latest edition of Logitech's Mac software. The biggest setback...
...Teachers in many of the nations that outperform the U.S. on student achievement tests--such as Japan, Denmark and the Czech Republic--tend to assign less homework than American teachers, but instructors in low-scoring countries like Greece, Thailand and Iran tend to pile...
...large classes, come exam or paper time, many students rely on study guides that float around over e-mail. Others form their own study groups and assign one another small clusters of readings to summarize, so many students will only have touched a few sections in their individually-owned, mint condition, comprehensive class notes...
...last week's coverage of the controversy concerning the planet Pluto that brought Cleveland to mind (and, no, not because of his physique; that was Taft). Much the way 19th century pundits no doubt fought over which numeral to assign the inconveniently nonconsecutive Cleveland, astronomers have spent the past few years debating whether or not Pluto is in fact a planet or whether new findings place it in a family of smaller, humbler objects. The problem is more complex than just firing a planet and downsizing the solar system from nine to eight. If you keep your definitions loose enough...